LOUD & PROUD feat. ELIJAH BATSON and BAILEY BAYER

Elijah Batson has a musical résumé that far exceeds their twenty-five years. This Kentucky artist and musician spent their teens and early twenties playing in a multitude of musical acts, including fronting alt-rock project Blueprints & Elements, co-founding indie-punk group Creamboy and hardcore/noise-rock duo The Batcoons, filling various roles in early incarnations of Arlen Gun Club, and taking over as drummer for long-running rock band Frontier Folk Nebraska. The latter role led to even more notable music opportunities, including stints drumming for acclaimed artists such as Arlo McKinley, Willy Tea Taylor, and Quiet Hollers. Batson currently divides their time between solo touring, playing guitar in the Cincinnati-based band Dustbin, and taking fill-in musician opportunities whenever possible.

Bailey Bayer is a multi-media artist from Cincinnati, Ohio primarily working as a producer, DJ, and songwriter. Bailey's music is rooted in introspective psychedelia, queerness, and our interconnectedness with nature. Her goal is to coalesce the various artistic communities in the area, whilst emphasizing honesty, authenticity, and humanity through the art and conversation that manifests in these spaces.